diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 9e0c9110539..22520f9b8cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - run: make build
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: kubo
           path: cmd/ipfs/ipfs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: lts/*
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: kubo
           path: cmd/ipfs
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18.14.0
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: kubo
           path: cmd/ipfs
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
index 733dc2c0e0d..d05429a6c42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-build.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml b/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
index 993dfca61e5..754a2e5a846 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gateway-conformance.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # 2. Build the kubo-gateway
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
       - uses: protocol/cache-go-action@v1
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ jobs:
         run: cat output.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
       - name: Upload HTML report
         if: failure() || success()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: gateway-conformance.html
           path: output.html
       - name: Upload JSON report
         if: failure() || success()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: gateway-conformance.json
           path: output.json
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # 2. Build the kubo-gateway
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.20.x
       - uses: protocol/cache-go-action@v1
@@ -217,13 +217,13 @@ jobs:
         run: cat output.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
       - name: Upload HTML report
         if: failure() || success()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: gateway-conformance-libp2p.html
           path: output.html
       - name: Upload JSON report
         if: failure() || success()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: gateway-conformance-libp2p.json
           path: output.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gobuild.yml b/.github/workflows/gobuild.yml
index f5de9e5173f..13eabc0fcad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gobuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gobuild.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golang-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/golang-analysis.yml
index 0643de16054..eddaba988ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golang-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golang-analysis.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: "1.21.x"
       - name: Check that go.mod is tidy
diff --git a/.github/workflows/golint.yml b/.github/workflows/golint.yml
index 59150747150..d6191e6f376 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/golint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/golint.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
       run:
         shell: bash
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gotest.yml b/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
index c6b2cdc075d..a1042cf7add 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gotest.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
       - name: Check out Kubo
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           output: test/unit/gotest.junit.xml
         if: failure() || success()
       - name: Archive the JUnit XML report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: unit
           path: test/unit/gotest.junit.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ jobs:
           output: test/unit/gotest.html
         if: failure() || success()
       - name: Archive the HTML report
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: html
           path: test/unit/gotest.html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sharness.yml b/.github/workflows/sharness.yml
index 7bf3325effc..448e112de8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sharness.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sharness.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
     steps:
       - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: 1.21.x
       - name: Checkout Kubo
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: sharness.html
       - name: Upload one-page HTML report
         if: github.repository != 'ipfs/kubo' && (failure() || success())
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: sharness.html
           path: kubo/test/sharness/test-results/sharness.html
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ jobs:
           destination: sharness-html/
       - name: Upload full HTML report
         if: github.repository != 'ipfs/kubo' && (failure() || success())
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: sharness-html
           path: kubo/test/sharness/test-results/sharness-html
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-release-assets.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-release-assets.yml
index 0d5c8199b65..8a39f32345f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sync-release-assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-release-assets.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: 14
       - name: Sync the latest 5 github releases
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
         with:
           script: |
             const fs = require('fs').promises